Nov.20 – Nov.22, 2015 Montreux – Switzerland Maya Simionescu President of the Section of Biological Sciences of the Romanian Academy POSITIONS AND TITLES: - Director, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology "N. Simionescu", Bucharest - Visiting Professor, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, USA - Visiting Professor at McGill University, School of Medicine, Montreal, Canada - Visiting Professor at Columbia University, New York, USA - Borun Visiting Professor of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Member of the Romanian Academy - Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences - President of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology - Executive President of the National Science and Art Foundation - President of the Section of Biological Sciences, Romanian Academy, EDUCATION 1954 - Baccalaureate, High School "Iulia Hasdeu", Bucharest 1959 - School of Biology, University of Bucharest 1978 - Doctor in Biological Sciences University of Bucharest PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1960-1971 Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Scientific Investigator 1971-1973 Rockefeller University, New York, USA, Research Associate 1973-1979 Yale University, School of Medicine New Haven, USA Senior Research Associate and Lecturer in Cell Biology and Cytology 1979-1994 Yale University, Visiting Professor 1979 McGill University, Visiting Professor 1990-1991 Columbia University, Visiting Distinguished Professor 1979-1995 Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Bucharest, Senior Scientific Investigator (grade I) 1998-2006 Romanian Academy, Vice-President 1995-present Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu” - Director SPECIAL TRAINING IN CELL BIOLOGY 1970 - 1979 Rockefeller University, New York, NY, and Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, Department of Cell Biology, Prof. George E. Palade (Nobel Prize Laureate) TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Visiting Professor - 19 years at Yale University, USA: Cell Biology Course 5 years - University of Bucharest, University of Constanta, Romania AWARDS AND HONORS www.worldpolicyconference.com Nov.20 – Nov.22, 2015 Montreux – Switzerland 1978 - The Louis and Arthur Lucian International Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases-McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1987 - Medal of the Institute of Clinical Electron Microscopy, Bologna, Italy 1990 - 1991 - Ludwig Schaefer Distinguished Professor, Columbia University, USA 1990 - Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy 1991 - Member of the Romanian Academy 1998 - Vice-president of the Romanian Academy 1998 - Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences 1998 - Sanofi Thrombosis Prize - for Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Research 2000 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the University “Ovidius”, Constanta, Romania 2000 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine “Gr.T.Popa”, Iasi, Romania 2000 - Award “Serviciul credincios” - Great Crosse, Romanian Presidency 2001 - Award “Rio Branco – Comendador”, of the Brasilian Presidency 2001 - Honorary Member, Academy of Sciences of Moldova Republic 2001 - UNESCO - L’Oreal Special Honour Award for Women in Science 2004 - “Ion Pavel” Prize of the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences 2004 - Award “Cultural Merit” - Officer Degree granted to the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu”, Romanian Presidency 2005 - Académica Correspondiente de la Reial Acadèmia de Doctors, Barcelona, Spain 2006 - Doctor Honoris Causa of the West University, Timisoara, Romania 2008 - National Order “Steaua Romaniei” - Great Officer, Romanian Presidency 2008 - "Opera Omnia" Prize, of the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research 2013 - National Order of the "Legion d'Honneur" - French Republic MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES American Society for Cell Biology Romanian Society for Cell Biology (President) European Cell Biology Organization European Life Scientist Organization (Vice-President) CONSULTANT FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, USA Swiss National Science Foundation Welcome Trust, United Kingdom Institute of Cardiology, Texas, Houston, TX, USA Dept. of Experimental Medicine, Pharmacia Biotechnology, Uppsala, Sweden Medical Research Council (MRC), London, United Kingdom INSERM - France Romanian Academy and the Ministry of Education and Research EDITORIAL BOARDS 1977-1992 - Microvascular Research 1989-present - European Journal of Cell Biology 1989-present - Differentiation www.worldpolicyconference.com Nov.20 – Nov.22, 2015 Montreux – Switzerland 1993-present - Cell and Tissue Research 1990-present - Sciences at Techniques de l'Animal de Laboratoire 1995-present - Journal of Submicroscopical Cytology and Pathology 1999-present - Biomedical Reviews 2004-present - Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS Publications Over 400 scientific papers published in international peer review journals; Citations ISI: about 6830; Hirsh Index: 40 - 55 chapters in international handbooks (Elsevier, Annals of New York Academy of Science, Raven Press, William and Wilkins, Academic Press, Marcel Dekker, Springer International etc.); - 2 monographs published by Plenum Press (co-editor); - 2 monographs published in Romania Chairperson and invited speaker (plenary lectures) at over 60 scientific international meetings. A SCIENTIFIC SIDE PROJECT: “A Romanian Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology” Having a great desire to develop Cell Biology in Romania, in 1971 while in USA, Prof. Maya Simionescu together with Prof. Nicolae Simionescu initiated a daring project to create an Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology (ICBP) in Bucharest, Romania, designing a detailed structural plan and the scientific program. The main objectives of ICBP were: biomedical basic research, training scientists from the country, Ph.D. and post-doctoral programs, promotion of modern cell biology and pathology in Romania and facilitation of international exchanges. Since 1979 when officially opened, Maya Simionescu was responsible for the scientific program, trained directly all young scientists in the framework of a Ph.D. program, (many of them are now working abroad in Europe and USA). In nearly 35 years of intensive research, ICBP became internationally recognised. Under the leadership of Maya Simionescu, since 1995, ICBP was re-elected as Institution member of UNESCO- Molecular Cell Biology Network, Centre of Excellence of the Romanian Academy and of the Ministry of Education and Research and was selected, by competition, Centre of Excellence of the European Community. www.worldpolicyconference.com .